Priyankara Pitiduwagamage, owner of Priyankara Bookshop on the D.R. Wijewardena Mawatha, an avenue in Colombo, waits for customers outside his secondhand bookshop. He and other bookshop owners hope that they will be integrated into the new entertainment and leisure facilities being developed on this street by the government. GPI Photo by Chathuri Dissanayake